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also prehistorical
as in medieval
having passed its time of use or usefulness
prehistoric notions about mental illness that have no place in today's world
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Recent Examples of prehistoric
Now, researchers have uncovered a substantial cache of prehistoric bone tools in the same region dating back 1.5 million years.
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Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2025
The sand mentioned in the name is prehistoric and fine, lending itself to a diverse landscape that houses lakes and thousand-foot dunes.
—Red Fabbri, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2025
The prehistoric markings were found in White Sands National Park by a team from Bournemouth University.
—Tessa Solomon For Artnews, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2025
Inside the Jardin des Tuileries and in time to Robert Wilson’s choreography, models walked beneath a prehistoric flying bird and enormous boulders descended from the ceiling, over hot lava projected onto the ground, and around icebergs emerging from the floor.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2025
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Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2025
The sand mentioned in the name is prehistoric and fine, lending itself to a diverse landscape that houses lakes and thousand-foot dunes.
—Red Fabbri, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2025
The prehistoric markings were found in White Sands National Park by a team from Bournemouth University.
—Tessa Solomon For Artnews, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2025
Inside the Jardin des Tuileries and in time to Robert Wilson’s choreography, models walked beneath a prehistoric flying bird and enormous boulders descended from the ceiling, over hot lava projected onto the ground, and around icebergs emerging from the floor.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prehistoric
Adjective
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The History of Traditional Sitting Rooms The concept of a formal sitting room dates all the way back to medieval monasteries, where monks used these spaces to conduct business with visitors and laypeople.—
Shivani Vyas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Mar. 2025
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Over 800 years later, Bern remains (as does its bears) and its old town is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, complete with charming arcades, Renaissance fountains, and an early 13th-century clock tower with a medieval puppet show happening every hour on the hour.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
21 Mar. 2025
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The use of this archaic law to once again try to justify mass detentions, xenophobia, and human rights abuses is deplorable and shocking.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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And email remains — unfortunately — at the center of this archaic web.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Yet, the advent of commercial aviation in the 1950s rendered these icons of the seas obsolete almost overnight.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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As Maryland transitions to clean energy, customers are left paying for obsolete gas pipelines.—
Susan Stevens Miller,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Mar. 2025
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Because some of the paintings depict a person drumming with their hands, researchers suggest the neolithic people practiced rituals in these areas.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Discover Magazine,
15 Jan. 2025
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At sunrise this morning, about 15,000 people gathered at Stonehenge — the world’s most famous neolithic monument — to mark the arrival of astronomical winter in the Northern Hemisphere.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
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“Prehistoric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prehistoric. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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